Okay, just gotta get this off my chest...

So I've recently run across this teen superhero (for want of a better term) venue.  ( More info behind the cut. )

...I find myself perusing the StarDoc series.  And in looking around to see if anyone else has read them and might want to talk about them, I find myself disgusted with what they've got for a fanbase.

( If you don't want spoilers for a series of popcorny s-f/drama novels, read no further.  Also, tropes. )

WTB copies of The Hero and the Crown, the Weetzie Bat series, the Prydain Chronicles, and A Wrinkle In Time for every teenager in the country, please.

I tried to read Eragon, and felt my eyes glazing over.  Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.  And no, the "Paolini was fifteen!" excuse won't work on me:  He was fifteen when he wrote the rough draft of ( Read more... )

If you play a blood elf, please don't bash on draenei, bash on trolls, or be a Horde faction snob.  It makes you look ridiculous.  Unless, of course, you're roleplaying.  And in that case...you've only really got an excuse for bashing on trolls:  Most Silvermoon blood elves are only part of the Horde out of convenience or desperation, and will ( Read more... )

I heard a rumor today that certain Internet providers are talking about restricting their service:  Accessing non-commercial sites would incur additional fees.  When this was brought up, someone commented that such a policy would result in said companies "either killing the Internet, or killing themselves."  I'm inclined to agree.

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Here's where I discuss fan fiction.

What I wil not be discussing is the morality or wisdom of writing fan fiction.  Arguments that I’ve heard against fan fiction have invariably been weak:  Either they reduce fans to the status of passive consumers, or they can easily be rebutted by anyone who’s taken a creative writing class.  (For example, I ( Read more... )